Legal Opinion
Webster Salasker Lucas v. Department of Corrections California Men's Colony-West
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 20, 1995No. 93-55227PublishedCited by 1,387 opinions
1Per curiam
Webster S. Lucas, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court’s sua sponte dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Lucas alleged that the Department of Corrections and the California Men’s Colony-West (“CMC-West”) (collectively “appel-lees”) showed deliberate indifference to his safety and serious medical needs when they maintained an unsafe prison drainage system and provided inadequate medical treatment to him after he fell into an uncovered drainage ditch. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we vacate and remand for further proceedings.
Lucas contends that…
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